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Headlice Treatment

It has apparently been discovered that a 5% solution of Benzy Alcohol will prevent headlice from closing there spiricles (air tubes), this means they can be quickly killed or smothered by applying a solution to the scalp.

A suggested formula below has apparently proven successful in treating headlice without the need for harmful pesticides...

25ml of Benzyl alcohol
100ml of Hair Conditioner Base
1ml of Shampoo Base.

...make up to 500ml with clean water and put into a spray-bottle.

Before using, shake well to disperse the alcohol.
Spray on the hair and work in well thouroughly soaking the hair, after about 15 minutes wash out and use a normal conditioner.
While hair is wet use a nit comb.
Any lice found should appeare dead.
This will not kill the eggs so the treatment must be repeated every 5 days for 15 days.
The solution is not unpleasant to use and the price is right.

Norm

Solid Perfume (Sarah Conduit)
(makes appx 30ml jar or 2 15ml)
 
This is a solid version of your fav fragrance that will be slighly oily and melt
when placed on your pulse points to release fragrance.
 
1/4c Beeswax
1/4c Sweet Almond Oil
Essentail Oil/Fragrance
 
Melt the beeswax in a double-boiler (or somthing similiar, like a coffee can
in a pan of hot water) to make this easier, make sure its flaked/chopped or
already in small bits. when completely melted, add Sweet Almond Oil and
stir till completely mixed. Take off burner, and let cool a BIT. It should still
be liquid. Add fragrance to preference. Pour into jar and let cool. I like to
pour them into pretty little soapstone containers or jars, and it makes a
gorgeous gift!

 

Fizzy Bath Melts (a variation on our own recipe which apparently works really well, from Karen Irving)..

40 g cocoa butter
10 ml sweet almond oil
110 g baking soda
40 g citric acid
15 ml cornstarch
2.5 ml fragrance

They seem to work pretty good and I am using heart shape ice cube molds from Ikea (rubber). I was getting air bubbles before but now I bang the mold on the counter a few times and so far no bubbles.

 

Bubbly Bath Bars (Tracey Harkness)

Ingredients:
1/3 cup of tartaric acid (cream of tartar)
1 cup of sodium bicarbonate
1 cup of sodium laurel sulfoacetate SLS
1/3 cup (more or less) of glycerin liquid
a few drops of colour
fragrance or essential oil
a mold

Makes 18 oz. 

Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and add the colorant and fragrance a few
drops at a time until the desired shade and scent are achieved.  Mix in the
glycerin liquid a little at a time until the mixture holds together in your
hand.  Transfer to your mold and press firmly into the mold.  Unmold after
about a hour and check for firmness. If the mixture crumbles, return it to
the bowl and add more glycerin, then remold.   

If it holds together when unmolded,  you can cut into chunks or slices if
needed and continue to let dry on wax paper.  It can take a day or 2 to dry
out completely so patience is needed!!!!

 

Honey & Ginger 'Melt' massage bar (Mrs N. Deering)

250g dried chick peas laid in the bottom of suitable 'bar' moulds (simple M&P soap moulds are perfect).

200g cocoa butter
50g shea butter
50g beeswax
1/2 tsp honey
1/2 tsp ginger essential oil
3/4 tsp sandalwood essential oil
15 drops lemongrass essential oil
10 drops cinnamon essential oil

Melt the oils gently. Add the essential oils and honey. Cool slightly to ensure the moulds are not distorted when the mixture is poured (applies to plastic moulds). Pour into moulds over chick peas and cool until solid. Putting them in the fridge or a freezer for a while will help.

 

A gentler body scrub, for those who don't like to use salt: (Kim Dyos)

1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup sweet almond oil or a mixture of sweet almond with 1/4 of a
speciality oil (I used kukui nut)
5-8 drop fragrance oil (I used lime)

Mix together and put in a jar of appropriate size. Use after showering, take
a handful and scrub skin with it. Rinse with water, but do not use any soap
/ shower gel afterwards, as you want the oils left to continue moisturising
and scenting

Cheers

Kim

 

Exfoliating scrub

1 Cup- Brown Sugar
1 Cup- White sugar
Mix in one or more of the following oils to give a great scent:
Lavendar oil
Vanilla oil
Peppermint oil
Almond oil
six until it becomes a thick paste,
then you just scoop out as desired, and rub onto elbows, knees, hands,
even face! For a smooth finish with a light scent!

Ken Price

 

Face scrub mask
 
60g jar
Oats
Honey
Kaolin clay
Brown sugar
wheatgerm oil (could use another)
Few drops of essential oil depending on skin type if wanted (or use honey
& oat fragrance)
 
Measure enough outs to fill about 2/3 of your jar then tip in to a bowl.
Add 1-2 tsp of the clay, 1-2 tsp sugar & 4 tsp honey.
Mix well & add wheatgerm oil & essential oil a bit at a time untill it makes
a thin paste.

Jo Burden

 

Lemon cheesecake soap loaf
 
250g transparent M&P
500g Opaque M&P
Lemon Scent
Yellow colouring
Oatmeal or Porridge Oats
1 x Medium sized Loaf mould (1 kilo capacity)
 
1.Melt white soap base and add a few drops of yellow colouring or
powder until you get the right lemon colour.
2.Add your fragrance
3.Pour into your mould and spray with alcohol to remove all bubbles
4.Allow to set
5.Melt your transparent soap base and add as much Oatmeal as the
base will allow to still be ever so slightly runny
6.Spray your loaf again with alcohol before pouring/spreading the
oatmeal mixture into your mould
7.Flatten off the top and allow to cool
8.Once it's turned out your loaf will look like a lemon cheecake and
smell divine.  The oatmeal will be a great exfoliator too.
If you wanted to get fancy, you could add a third layer of white between
the yellow and the oatmeal base, or even whip up your yellow base so it
was fluffy.

 

 

Tea Tree and Linseed Soap Loaf
 
1 Kilo of Transparent Melt & Pour soap base
Tea Tree Essential Oil
Green Colouring
50g of Linseeds
1 x Medium sized Loaf mould (1 kilo capacity)
1 x Ready made bar of Dark Green M&P soap (use the basic recipe for
melt and pour)
 
1.Divide your soap base into 3 equal parts
2.Melt one part with no added colour or scent
3.Stir in your linseeds and pour into the mould
4.Spray with alcohol to remove bubbles
5.Allow to set
6.Melt your second part and add green colouring and your tea tree oil
7.Spray your mould with alcohol and pour in the green base
8.Allow to set
9.Grate up your bar of green soap
10.Melt your third part of base
11.Mix in the green grated shreds
12.Spray your mould with alcohol
13.Pour in to the mould
 
This mixture makes a really eye catching loaf and the linseeds are great
for exfoliating whilst adding an interesting feature

 

Banana Slice Soaps (Makes 4 bars)
 
150g Transparent Melt and Pour base
350g Opaque Melt and Pour base
Yellow colouring
Banana Scent
Dried Banana Chips
4 x soap bar moulds (Square or rectangular)
 
1.Place your banana chips over the base of each mould.  You should
be able to fit in 3 or four of these.  Make sure they are flat on the
bottom and do not overlap or stick out.
2.Melt your clear base
3.Carefully pour in ever such a tiny amount of the base so as to just
cover the chips.
4.Spray with alcohol to remove bubbles
5.Allow to set
6.Melt your opaque base and add your scent and yellow colouring
until it is a nice banana colour
7.Spray your moulds with alcohol
8.Pour in and allow to set
 
When you turn these out the chips should be visible in a thin layer of clear
on top of a lovely banana looking base.  Great fun for kids and really
popular at fairs.  These are my biggest seller.  You may need to adjust the
amount of M&P you use depending on your mould size, but practise
makes perfect.
 
Claire Mackaness

 

Real Chocolate Cream Body Scrub

This is very simple to make and the ingredients are cheap!

2 tbsp emulsifying ointment ? I got a large jar of this from the chemist for
less than £2

3 tbsps vegetable oil ? I used sweet almond, but any oil will do as long as
it doesn?t have a powerful scent of its own, e.g. extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp cetearyl alcohol

75gms plain chocolate

150mls boiled spring water

2 tsps cocoa powder

2 tbsp ground rice ? I ground mine in a coffee grinder to give a rougher
texture than bought ground rice. Ground apricot kernels or similar would
work just as well.

1.5mls liquid parabens or Citrozine

Put the emulsifying ointment, vegetable oil, cetearyl alcohol, and plain
chocolate into a pyrex bowl. Place over a pan of simmering water until all
melted. Remove from the heat and whisk in the water and the cocoa
powder (I use a balloon whisk, but an electric whisk is fine). Place the
bowl into a basin of cold water to speed things up and stir slowly with the
whisk until thickened. Stir in the ground rice and parabens or Citrozine,
then spoon into a clean jar. If you like the scrub thinner or thicker, adjust
the water accordingly.

This has proved a great favourite with my friends and smells just amazing
in the shower!! I made about a litre of it to give away over the Christmas
period. Leaves you feeling very soft and pampered.

Kate Lawrence

 
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